In-car voice assistants are supposed to make driving safer and easier, but traditional setups often feel more distracting than helpful. That completely changes with Gemini Actions in Android Auto.

You'd think that as someone who grew up having to remember passwords for everything from email accounts to banking apps and online games, I'd be fully on board with the idea of a passwordless future. I still remember getting all excited when Apple announced passkeys alongside iOS 16 at WWDC 2022. If there was any company that could pull something like this off, it was Apple. A year later, Google doubled down on passkeys, and that's when it seemed like the industry was coming together to ditch passwords for good.

You probably have your phone with you more often than your laptop. It fits in your pocket, travels everywhere, and already handles a surprising number of daily tasks. You can reply to messages, join meetings, manage emails, take photos, record videos, and browse the web without ever reaching for a computer. Work, however, remains a different story. Most smartphones are designed around consumption and communication rather than productivity.

So long, Series 8. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge I hope you have a modern Apple Watch or iPad, because otherwise watchOS 27 and iPadOS 27 won't run on your device. Apple often drops support for older devices with its latest software updates, but this year it's culling even more device generations than ever before. Apple is dropping support for at least three generations of Apple Watch models in watchOS 27. According to Apple's website, the latest watchOS update will only be available on Apple Watch Series 10 devices and above, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and above, and Apple Watch SE 3. That list may be incomplete; we've seen reports of people successfully installing the watchOS 27 developer bet …Read the full story at The Verge.

A Liquid Glass slider! This year's WWDC keynote was all about AI. But with all the attention on Apple Intelligence and Siri AI, the company breezed by - or neglected to mention - a bunch of cool, smaller features across its new updates. I've rounded up a bunch of them right here. The new operating systems are available in developer beta today ahead of public betas beginning in July. They'll launch for everyone this fall. And keep an eye on The Verge in the coming days and weeks ahead; as everyone starts to really dig into what's new, we might find even more great features to look forward to.iOS 27Liquid Glass is getting an opacity slider. Apps launch up …Read the full story at The Verge.

Since the start of April, there has been a ton of discourse around the new open-source productivity suite on the block, Euro-Office. Right from the get-go, OnlyOffice accused Euro-Office of using its code without its proper licensing. Euro-Office responded, claiming that "open collaboration with OnlyOffice was not possible." Now, with Euro-Office making headlines with its release, LibreOffice has piped up, claiming that the team behind the new software is deceiving its users.

OpenAI on Monday checked off a preliminary step in the IPO race that it and rival Anthropic have been competing in for the better part of a year: The company announced it has confidentially submitted a Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, following Anthropic's decision to do the same on June 1st. The confidential filing means that certain details normally available through the form - such as executive compensation figures, potential risks to a company's business, and more financials - aren't yet public. As of Anthropic's most recent fundraise, it's being called the world's most valuable startup, with a post-money valu …Read the full story at The Verge.

There have been times when I’m deep into a complex project with Claude, only to realize it has forgotten a crucial piece of content I established eight prompts ago.

When Apple put child safety front and center at WWDC on Monday, its stated goal was helping parents fine-tune their kids' online experiences and avoid excessive screen time. But amid a global debate over internet regulation, its latest updates also looked like a defensive move in a brewing fight against Meta and other app developers.Apple announced an expanded toolkit for parents through its child accounts at WWDC, including a greater ability to customize kids' allotted screen time and the ability to block gory or violent images in messages before kids see them. Raja Bose, Apple's director of trust, safety, and values product marketing, to …Read the full story at The Verge.

Apple just announced watchOS 27, the next version of its Apple Watch operating system, introducing support for Siri AI, a redesigned "dynamic" app grid, and improvements to health and fitness tracking. The watchOS 27 update will be available "this fall," according to Apple, though support is notably limited - the new OS will only be available for Apple Watch Series 9 models or newer, including the SE 3, Ultra 2, Ultra 3, and SE 3.The biggest update coming to supported Apple Watch models is Siri AI - the next generation of Apple's virtual assistant, powered by Apple Intelligence. This comes with a new, dedicated Siri app that "brings togeth …Read the full story at The Verge.

When it comes to self-hosting, note-taking apps are my favorite type of software to explore. I appreciate the different approaches developers take to their solutions, especially when it comes to services that favor simplicity.